On the mechanisms of the sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit cracking: Swelling or shrinking?

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-170

  Koumanov, Kouman S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cooling irrigation; Fruit cracking mechanisms; Fruit skin shrinking; Prunus avium L. (sweet cherry)

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FRUIT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMBIBITION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 84921476709     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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